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RandySF

(70,156 posts)
Fri Aug 2, 2024, 06:59 PM Aug 2024

Waterloo residents push to put high school consolidation on the ballot

Over 1,000 signatures have been collected so far to put a proposed plan to merge two Waterloo high schools on the ballot, organizers say.

The Waterloo School Board approved the $165 million consolidation plan of Waterloo East and West High Schools at a new school facility on Monday in a 5-2 vote.

If successful, the plan will turn the old high school locations into two separate middle schools once the high schools combine for the 2028-29 school year.

Opponents of the plan, many of whom are employees at the high schools, have already created a petition which if it gets 2,300 votes by Aug. 12 will force the school board to either put the plan on the ballot or abandon it.



https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/08/02/waterloo-school-board-votes-to-merge-two-high-schools-despite-concerns/

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Waterloo residents push to put high school consolidation on the ballot (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2024 OP
It's been nearly 40 years since I lived in the area, rsdsharp Aug 2024 #1

rsdsharp

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1. It's been nearly 40 years since I lived in the area,
Fri Aug 2, 2024, 07:40 PM
Aug 2024

but when I lived there, East and West didn’t get along.

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